Rats of the genus Rattus are reservoir hosts for pathogenic Bartonella species: An old world origin for a new world disease?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 220-224

  Ellis, B A ^a,e   Regnery, R L ^a   Beati, L ^a   Bacellar, F ^b   Rood, M ^c   Glass, G G ^d   Marston, E ^a   Ksiazek, T G ^a   Jones, D ^a   Childs, J E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLACEAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; MICE; MURIDAE; PORTUGAL; RATS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033016335     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314824     Document Type: Article

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